INS Trikand

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UK
, 2013
History
India
NameINS Trikand
Namesake'Mythological arrow consisting of three arrowheads'
Ordered14 July 2007 [1]
BuilderYantar Shipyard
Laid down11 June 2008
Launched25 May 2011
Commissioned29 June 2013
Statusin active service
General characteristics
Class and typeTalwar-class frigate
Displacement
  • 3,620 long tons (3,678 t) standard
  • 4,035 long tons (4,100 t) full load
Length124.8 m (409 ft 5 in)
Beam15.2 m (49 ft 10 in)
Draught4.5 m (14 ft 9 in)
Propulsion
  • 2 × DS-71 cruise turbines (9,000 shp))[2]
  • 2 × DT-59 boost turbines (19,500 shp)[2]
Speed30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range
  • 4,850 nmi (8,980 km; 5,580 mi) at 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph)
  • 1,600 nmi (3,000 km; 1,800 mi) at 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement180 (18 officers)
Armament
  • Anti-air missiles:
  • 24 × Shtil-1 medium range missiles
  • 8 ×
    SA-16
    )
  • Anti-ship/Land-attack missiles:
  • 8 × VLS launched BrahMos, anti-ship cruise missiles
  • Guns:
  • 1 × 100 mm A-190E, naval gun
  • 2 × AK-630 CIWS
  • Anti-submarine warfare:
  • 2 × 2 533 mm torpedo tubes
  • 1 × RBU-6000 (RPK-8) rocket launcher
Aircraft carried1 × Ka-28 Helix-A, Ka-31 Helix B or HAL Dhruv helicopter

INS Trikand (F51) is a

Yantar shipyard in Kaliningrad, Russia
. She was commissioned to Indian Navy service on 29 June 2013.

Design

Trikand belongs to the

Klub-N missiles in the earlier ships. She is the last of the three frigates built in Russia as a follow-up order to the first batch of Talwar-class frigates.[citation needed
]

Construction

Trikand was laid down on 11 June 2008.[6] She was launched on 27 May 2011 by Ira Malhotra, the wife of the Indian Ambassador to Russia, Ajai Malhotra.[7] Delivery was delayed from the original goal of April 2012 due to labour shortages and supply chain issues.[citation needed]

She was commissioned into the Indian Navy on 29 June 2013 by Vice Admiral R K Dhowan, Vice Chief of Naval Staff, in a ceremony held at Kaliningrad. Captain Ajay Kochhar was the commissioning commanding officer of INS Trikand. She joined join the Western Fleet of the Indian Navy.[6]In 2016 the ship won award of Unit Citation 2016 and after that in march 2017 the Ship won Best Ship 2016-17 award under the command of Captain Arjun dev nair

Service history

Deployment Date Port visited Commander Notes and References
2013
Commissioned 29 June 2013 England Captain Ajay Kochhar[8]
2016
East Africa and the Southern Indian Ocean with naval destroyer INS Kolkata and fleet tanker INS Aditya 31 August-3 September Antsirananna, Madagascar Captain Arjun Dev Nair[9] Relief material for people affected by bush fires.[10][11]
6–9 September Dar es Salaam, Tanzania [12][13]
17–20 September Maputo, Mozambique [14]
20–23 September Durban, South Africa [15][16]

Gallery

  • INS Trikand (F51) Portsmouth, UK, 2013
    INS Trikand (F51) Portsmouth, UK, 2013
  • INS Trikand (F51) Portsmouth, UK, 2013
    INS Trikand (F51) Portsmouth, UK, 2013
  • INS Trikand (F51) Portsmouth, UK, 2013
    INS Trikand (F51) Portsmouth, UK, 2013
  • INS Trikand (F51) Portsmouth, UK, 2013
    INS Trikand (F51) Portsmouth, UK, 2013
  • INS Trikand (F51) Portsmouth, UK, 2013
    INS Trikand (F51) Portsmouth, UK, 2013
  • INS Trikand (F51) Portsmouth, UK, 2013
    INS Trikand (F51) Portsmouth, UK, 2013
  • INS Trikand (F51) Portsmouth, UK, 2013
    INS Trikand (F51) Portsmouth, UK, 2013
  • INS Trikand (F51) Portsmouth, UK, 2013
    INS Trikand (F51) Portsmouth, UK, 2013
  • INS Trikand (F51) Portsmouth, UK, 2013
    INS Trikand (F51) Portsmouth, UK, 2013
  • INS Trikand (F51) 100mm gun
    INS Trikand (F51) 100mm gun
  • INS Trikand (F51) SAM launcher
    INS Trikand (F51) SAM launcher
  • INS Trikand (F51) VLS & ASW rocket launcher
    INS Trikand (F51) VLS & ASW rocket launcher
  • INS Trikand (F51) VLS & ASW rocket launcher
    INS Trikand (F51) VLS & ASW rocket launcher
  • INS Trikand (F51) Flight deck & CIWS
    INS Trikand (F51) Flight deck & CIWS

References

  1. ^ "Modified Krivak III Class".
  2. ^ .
  3. ^ "Surface Ships – Frigates". Indian Navy.
  4. ^ "Shivalik Class, Talwar Class, Kamorta Class". New Delhi: Indian Navy. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Talwar (Krivak III) Class". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  6. ^ a b "INS Trikand, a Stealth Frigate joins Indian Navy". Indian Navy. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  7. ^ "New Talwar class frigate for India Navy launched". Zeenews.com. 27 May 2011. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
  8. ^ "Press Information Bureau". Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  9. ^ "Press Information Bureau". Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  10. ISSN 0971-751X
    . Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  11. ^ "Indian Warship Trikand visits Antsiranana, Madagascar | Indian Navy". indiannavy.nic.in. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  12. ^ Indiablooms. "Indian warship Trikand visits Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania | Indiablooms – First Portal on Digital News Management". Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  13. ^ "Indian Warship Trikand visits Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania | Indian Navy". indiannavy.nic.in. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  14. ^ "Indian Naval Ship arrives at Maputo". Millennium Post. Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  15. ^ "Western Fleet Ships visit South Africa (20 – 23 September 2016)". pib.nic.in. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  16. ^ "Western Naval Fleet ships arrive in South Africa | ANI News". www.aninews.in. Archived from the original on 22 February 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2016.

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